Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-17

asylum Is talked OF at Pontiac.
"A Hemlock man humanely chloroforms
his hogs before he butchers them.
"A large new hospital for lumbermen
will be built at Manistique in the spring.
Seven of the twelve members Of the
Kalamazoo baseball club are over six feet
high.
1t is expected that the log cut at Lud-
ington this winter will aggregate 120, 0,OOO,-
600 logs.
The Alpena hatchery has sent 100 jars
Of white6sh eggs to the planting ground at
Worthwhile.
The public schools at Ludington ara
owe rAowing with pupils, and night school
is to be started.
The convicts in the prison at Jackson
have all been presented with new spring
suits of the latest penitentiary style.
-Cheboygan ministers refuse to perform
the marriage ceremony when either of the
interested parties has been divorced.
-Alrena shipped her first load Of sui
phite paper pulp last week. Nearly $1,000
pounds were sent TO Ypsilanti.
-Primus GreenhaIl, colored, died at the
Jackson County poor-honse last week,
aged 100 years. He was sold five times be-
fore he was so years old.
"A $5 greenback appeared in the till of
Newaygo bank the other day bearing the
following inscription: Here she goes
save your salary don't gamble-never play
faro bank-the last of fortune of $40, 0,0O0."
"A lightning adder gave an exhibition
in public place in Lansing, and gained
great admiration by his rapid work with
long columns of figures. After he had
taken up collection and disappeared it
was discovered that his totals were all
wrong.
Henry Colburn of Pavilion will make
a complaint against the schoolmaster at
that place. He charges that the teacher re-
Gently punished Mr.. Colburn's 11-year-old
son SO severely that the boy has been under
the care of physician since Jan. 25. An
other son of Mr.. Colburn had rib broken
by the same pedagogue.
Careful estimates by prominent IRON
men place the output of iron ore of mines
within the corporation limits of Ishpeming
at $4,000 tons during the year 1887. The
rest of the Marquette district produces
1,225, 900 tons, Menominee district 1,000,-
600 tons, Gogebic district 1,000,00 tons,
and the Vermiliop Lake district, in Minne-
sofa, 500, 900 tons. Total, 1850, 900 tons.
The Detroit Board of Trade is terribly
worked up over the statement that the bust
ness of the board is declining. Ex-Presi-
dent Lasier says that there was much truth
in the report, with some wrong conclusions.
Ex-President Wendell denies the story in
toto, but admits that there has been fall
ing off in business. Other leading men,
bers say that all that troubles the board is
want of elevator capacity.
--Whitney's Opera House, in Detroit,
stands on Government ground, for which
he pays a yearly rental of 800. w. G..
Thompson, whitney's chief competitor in
the theatrical business in that city, has
long tried to have the Government oust
Mr.. Whitney from the property, and last
week he went to Washington and inter-
viewed the Secretary of the Treasury on
the matter. AS result, it is expected be-
fore another month closes Whitney will be
compelled to remove or sell his place.
Thompson hopes in this way to get slice
of Whitney's patronage.
A few months ago John Autcliffe of
Jackson wanted wife, but was too bash
full to do bis own courting. He confded
his trouble to Randolph June. neighbor,
and the latter offered to conduct the pre-
liminary negotiations for $500. He did SO
and was so successful that about q month
ago Autcliffe was married 10 woman he
never saw till introduced TO her by June.
Hardly was the honeymoon over before
June began to clamor for his $500. Aut-
cliffe denied the claim and June brought
suit. The case came up for trial, but Aut-
cliffe had in the meantime come to a real
iD"OiOh VI 0ho OiOSohhB Vuuo nou bcCuIcu
for him and paid the claim in full, with
costs.
John Campbell of Buffalo and Martin
]. Dunn of Detroit engaged in horse
shoe turning contest at the Detroit Open
House for wager Of $3.50. Two forges
and five helpers were allotted each man.
Dunn won the contest. turning 100 shoes
in one hour and forty-seven minutes.
Campbell completed ninety-four shoes in
the same period. Betting was very lively,
and the Buffalo delegation of 200 was bad
ly cleaned out. Campbell will challenge
Dunn to another contest. The crowd al
the Opera House was simply tremendous.
The house was filed by 7:45, and the doors
were closed. The street in front of the
theater was blocked by an excited crowd,
and big premiums we're offered for seats.
A section of the reserve police was neces-
sary TO keep anything like order, and pam
demonium reigned for a long time. This
seems the outbreak of mania in the way
of sport which will extend everywhere.
Dunn beat the worlds record by nearly
half an hour. II is understood he will be
challenged by Chicago and Milwaukee
smiths.
The matter Of incorporating the village
of Kalkaska, which has been agitating the
minds of it's citizens for some time back,
was finally settled afirmatiyelv NJ An en-